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Show PREDICTS IMMINENT BOOM IN ALASKA , Construction of Projected Railroad to Develop Vast Region la Held to Be Certain. WASHINGTON", April 6. Construction Construc-tion of the railroad in Alaska will be carried on by the Alaskan engineering commission wh'ch. surveyed possible routes rather than under the engineer corps of the army. Secretary Lane so j announced after today's cabinet uaeet-ing. uaeet-ing. I Secretary Lane said that announce-1 announce-1 ment of the route selected by the president pres-ident of the railroad will be made with-j with-j in the next few days. The announcement announce-ment will include whether the govern-! govern-! ment will buy either the Alaska North-I North-I ern or the Copper River and North-I North-I western lines, now privately owned. |